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solitaire

[sol-i-tair] / ˈsɒl ɪˌtɛər /






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The team also identified a new solitaire coral, that are described in another study.

From Science Daily Feb. 2, 2026

She tends to her garden, plays solitaire on her computer, follows the Dodgers and has a favorite player — Shohei Ohtani.

From Los Angeles Times Jun. 21, 2025

According to People Magazine at the time, Affleck proposed with a custom-made Harry Winston pink-diamond solitaire ring.

From Salon Aug. 22, 2024

It was hoped that her solitaire diamond ring, which was listed for sale between £70,000 to £100,000, would boost the amount for charity, but it did not meet its reserve price.

From BBC Jan. 23, 2024

“Besides, a guy who starts playing solitaire in jail is just asking to get depressed.”

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson

The piece eventually spawned a bridal and commitment jewelry line, introduced in September, that is at once charming and impertinent: black diamonds, solitaires with inverted settings, and outré inscriptions.

From New York Times Dec. 6, 2011

Sometimes at night, she could hear the cries of the quail doves and solitaires interspersed with the songs from the aviary.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García

Loneliness, like the sea breeze, blowing off from a thousand leagues of blankness, he did not find, as veteran solitaires do, if anything, too bracing.

From The Confidence-Man by Herman Melville

"No, it is rather large for an atom," and turning to the two girls, "How do you like your solitaires?"

From The Skylark of Space by E. E. (Edward Elmer) Smith

That's taking the high dive, all right," says I. "Lets you in deep, you know, when you go shovin' solitaires at 'em.

From Torchy and Vee by Sewell Ford




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